KJFK New Years Day 010109 (many photos!!!!!!)

[N75715]

Yes - I braved 3 hours with the Polar Bear Club at Coney Island, and then off to KJFK! No car traffic, but plenty of planes. Birds were competing with the aircraft on 31R approach all afternoon. The Cathay Cargo 744 was a last minute shot as I was literally exiting the Burger King parking lot. Right hand on steering wheel, left hand on camera...hence the slight blurrrr.. Happy New Year everyone!!!
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ahhhh.... that golden sunset
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the beach area at Bayswater Park....

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[Matt Molnar]

Good stuff. I think I saw that white and bluish/purplish 747 (2nd pic) at EWR last week but I didn't catch the reg. Anyone know what it is?

[N75715]

Yes It is N355MC - below are all the details of the aircraft. just about the only thing I did not find out was the pilot's name... everything else is below!

Registration -N355MC - recently seen 2009-01-01 as flight 5Y8325 (GTI Flight 8325).
Manuf. -Boeing
Model -747-341 /F
Type -B743
c/n -23395
l/n -629
i/t -L4J
Selcal -BEGJ
ICAO24 -A3F876
Reg / Opr -GTI [5Y] Atlas Air ret (previous Polar Air Cargo)
built -1985
test reg -N6009F
delivery -2007-04-30
status -active

[Matt Molnar]

Ahh, nice, thanks.

[boeingboy_787]

nice photos. it looks like i only saw 1/10 of what you saw a couple of weeks ago. i definitely gotta come back to NYC!

[boeingboy_787]

nice photos. it looks like i only saw 1/10 of what you saw a couple of weeks ago. i definitely gotta come back to NYC!